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Thursday, January 26, 2012

Effortless Grace Takes Hours of Routine

I don't want to say too much leading into this post, because I want to let what follows below speak for itself. You'll see what I mean when you get there. But I will give you some background.

For the Orlando International Fringe Festival last year, the company I dance with, Emotions Dance, performed a show entitled "Excerpts," which included several pieces we had performed in previous shows that were now in our repertoire. Some of these pieces came from a show we performed called "Poetry in Motion," where we collaborated with local musicians and spoken word artists to put together a show that highlighted more than one art-form.

One of the spoken word artists that we had the honor of working with, and who rejoined us for the Fringe Festival was Curtis X Meyer. I was privileged enough to perform a solo alongside his performance of a poem called "Elegy for Les Paul."

In May of last year, Curtis wrote the poem below, entitled "Effortless Grace Takes Hours of Routine" and blew my mind. I joke that I feel like a Shakespearean muse, to be included in a poem so beautiful, but truthfully I've never felt so honored.

I strongly encourage you to google Curtis's work. You'll find him under Curtis X Meyer through any search medium (Google, Youtube, Twitter, etc.) And if you're in the Central Florida area and have the opportunity to see him perform, I highly recommend you go. I promise you, you will thank me :)